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Products include the Veg-O-Matic and the Popeil Pocket Fisherman, a product manufactured by S.J. Popeil's company. During the 1970s, Ron Popeil began developing products on his own to sell through Ronco. In August 2005, Popeil announced his sale of the company to Fi-Tek VII, a Denver holding company, for $55 million.
Veg-O-Matic is the name of one of the first food-processing appliances to gain widespread use in the United States. [1] [2] It was non-electric and invented by Samuel J. Popeil [3] and later sold by his son Ron Popeil [4] along with more than 20 other distributors across the country, and Ronco, making its debut in 1963 at the International Housewares Show in Chicago, Illinois.
Popeil initially operated as a distributor of his father's kitchen products and later formed his own company, Ronco, in 1964. He continued as a distributor for his father and added additional products from other manufacturers. [11] Ron Popeil and his father became competitors in the 1970s for the same retail store business. [citation needed]
Ron Popeil, the quintessential TV pitchman and inventor known to generations of viewers for hawking products including the Veg-O-Matic, the Pocket Fisherman, Mr. Microphone and the Showtime ...
Popeil sold his company, Ronco, for about $56 million in 2005, according to the New York Times. The newspaper reported in October 2008 that the company was "reviving its in-your-face infomercials ...
He sold items including the Pocket Fisherman, Mr. Microphone, Hair in a Can and Showtime Rotisserie & BBQ
Spray-on hair was one of the products pioneered by Ronco in the 1980s, under the name "GLH-9" (Great Looking Hair Formula #9). [2] The product "was popular in the 1990s with 30-minute infomercials for the product on late-night cable TV", [ 3 ] and the Ronco version sold over a half million cans. [ 3 ]
Ron Popeil, the prolific infomercial spokesman behind “as seen on TV” products like the Showtime Rotisserie and Hair in a Can, has died. He was 86. Popeil died early Wednesday morning at ...